Community issues

Opioids have devastated not just individuals in the rural Cecil County, but impacted children so heavily that officials are now treating addiction as a family affair.

Women who possessed special knowledge, such as midwives or herbalists, were more likely to be accused of witchcraft, as were women in need, including widows and beggars.

Police are investigating after a viral video appears to show a Baltimore Ravens fan assaulting two Washington Commanders fans in Federal Hill.

Baltimore for a New Harborplace reported receiving no donations while owing more than $100,000 to political strategy firms for “field expenses” and “media.”

A Harford County boy was found safe Monday hours after authorities issued an Amber Alert stating he was believed to have been abducted near an elementary school.

Howard County Police have identified a homicide victim found in a car Saturday as 26-year-old Kendrick McLellan of Baltimore.

The National Weather Service is calling for gusty winds Monday that should cause temperatures to drop through midweek.

A Baltimore community of animal lovers banded together over Facebook to rescue a goat.

A theft and embezzlement case against a former citizens association president is the latest turn in a saga that’s shaken Oyster Harbor, a community along the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis.

When the Baltimore Police wouldn't help find her missing daughter, Tammy turned to Bonnie, who had created a Facebook group years earlier for her own missing daughter.

Stanton Andrew Gill’s loved ones remember him as thoughtful and kind, always the first to call a new faculty member and welcome them to the department.

Stressed out and need a hug? Try cow cuddling, also known as bovine therapy. Some Baltimore Banner reporters visited Clarksville Cow Cuddling to check it out.

A man was found dead early Saturday morning behind an office building in Columbia. Hours later, two teens were found with non-fatal gunshot wounds on the same block.

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, a once-in-80,000-years sight, will pass within 44 million miles of Earth, making it watchable with the naked eye in Maryland and much of the Northern Hemisphere.

The Depot, a nightlife staple in Station North, is listed for sale after more than two decades in business.

As she stared at the screen of her camera, then at the sky, she began to cry. She was almost in a dream state.

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State Sen. Cheryl Kagan spoke with The Baltimore Banner about her tour of every 911 call center in Maryland and the surprising things she learned along the way.

A young family is joining the slew of interested people and partiers who are trying to prevent the owner of the ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March from limiting its liability in the disaster.

The Independent Investigations Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General said Friday that Robert Phillip Nedd Jr. of Baltimore died Wednesday in the fatal shooting involving police officers.